Silver Makers' Marks - London Assay Office (F)

F/F& FA FB FC FD FE FF FG FH FI FJ FK FL FM FN FO FP FQ FR FS FT FU FV FW FX FY FZ

FD

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
F D 1784 Teapot
Frances Douglas 1837..1856
(registered Feb 1838)
Box, inkwell, spoon, vanity set jar tops
1865
(registered Jul 1843)
Frederick Dear 1839
(registered Jan 1839)
Teapot
Francis David Dexter 1840..1843
(registered Sep 1839)
Decanter label, mug, salt, teapot
F D 1928..1950 Conducter's baton, umbrella handle
F Darton & Co 1908 Hygrometer case
Blunt & Wray (Frederick Dendy Wray) 1900..1915
(registered May 1900)
Ecclesiastical silver: bottle stopper, chalice, communion spoon, crucifix, paten, pyx box Church plate and art metal workers, Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London EC; subsequently Red Lion Street, Holborn, London WC

For earlier and later marks of this company see "SB over FW" and "B&WLtd"





FE

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Elkington & Co (Frederick Elkington) 1870..1885
(registered May 1869)
Goblet, ladle, salt, salver, tea & coffee service, tray, trophy cup Newhall Street, Birmingham
Frederick Edmonds 1892..1895
(registered Mar 1892)
Box, paper knife, ruler
Frank Erratt 1896
(registered Jun 1880)
Fob medal
F E 1973 Candlestick
Frederick Edmonds & Edward J W Johnson 1890..1891
(registered Mar 1890)
Caddy spoon, jar lid, vesta
F E G 1945..1946 Napkin ring

(image courtesy of www.acsilver.co.uk)
F E K 1949 Caddy spoon




FF

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Fleming Forester 1791
(registered Mar 1772)
Basket
Frederick Fox 1852
(registered Aug 1852)
Spoon
Frederick Francis 1853
(registered Jun 1852)
Box, communion set, salt In business on his own from 1852 to 1854 (see THF over FF)
Frank Finley Clarkson 1915..1920, 1942..1944
(registered Nov 1902)
Box, creamer, dish, lighter, napkin ring, spoon Market Place, Northallerton, Yorkshire

Stamped [1915] "G F Clarkson, Northallerton"

1937..1952
F F K 1949 Caddy spoon
Waltham Watch Company (Frederick Francis Seeland) (registered Nov 1875) Waltham Buildings, Holborn Circus, London

Seeland was the Assistant Manager of the Waltham Watch Co. This mark registered before the AB mark of Alfred Bedford (q.v.).

A similar mark, but with no stops, registered Dec 1875:
FFS

Frankfeld Frères (Louis Frankfeld) 1917
(registered Feb 1907)
Imported watch case Gold & silver case importers, Gracechurch Street, London
Fenton Brothers (Frank Fenton & Samuel Fenton) (registered Nov 1883) South Moor Works, Earl Street, Sheffield




FG

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
Francis Garthorne 1691, 1722 Coffee pot, saucepan, tankard, tea caddy
1705..1713
(registered Apr 1697)
Francis Godwin 1897 Buckle
(registered Apr 1897)
F G 1933..1934 Box
F G F 1930..1933 Sauce boat
Greenwood & Harris Ltd 1949..1950 Candlestick, chalice Church metalworkers, Acton Lane, Chiswick, London W4

Greenwood & Harris Ltd appear in telephone directories 1948-1951 only

Gabriel Sleath & Francis Crump (1753)




FH

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments

(image courtesy of www.dartsilverltd.co.uk)
Francis Harache c1738
(registered Feb 1738)
Box, tongs
c1740 This mark is not shown by GrimwadeGrimwade, Arthur - London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives,  Faber & Faber, 1990 but is almost certainly the mark which Harache would have entered in the now missing 1739-1758 Smallworkers' Register
Frederick Hawsell 1818
(registered Jan 1816)
Travelling inkwell Goldworker, Clements Lane, Lombard Street, London
Francis Higgins II 1817..1871
(registered Oct 1817)
Flatware
1820..1830
1870..1879
(registered Oct 1869)
The Portland Co (Francis Higgins III) 1859..1862
(registered Aug 1859)
Flatware
Francis Higgins III 1879..1909, 1936..1939
(registered May 1880)
Flatware, purse After 1909 Francis Higgins & Sons Ltd (see also FH&S Ltd mark)
Frederick Holberg 1896
(registered Sep 1898)
Imported spoon

(image courtesy of Mark Ashcroft)
Hewson & Williams (Frederick Hewson) 1898
(registered Jun 1886)
Cigar rest & ash tray A similar mark registered Mar 1887 by Frederick Haberling, leather goods manufacturer (died 1901)
Frederick Highland 1907
(registered Aug 1899)
Buckle
Frederick William Hentsch 1912..1927
(registered Jul 1911)
Box, clock, frame
Frances Charlotte Harling 1926..1963 Bowl, box, spoon A similar mark, but with 2 stops, registered May 1911 by Fernand Hauville, "manufacturer's agent", St Mary Axe, London EC:

Frances Harling (née Wilkins, died 1969) was the younger sister of Amy Sandheim

F H 1966 Gold ring
F H 1977 Ingot pendant
Francis Howard Ltd 2006..2012 Frame, novelty back scratcher Aberdeen Works, Trafalgar Street, Sheffield

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Francis Higgins & Son Ltd 1910..1934
(registered Jul 1909)
Bowl, flatware, grape scissors, trophy cup
Hennell, Frazer & Haws (1966..1969)
Hennell, Frazer & Haws (1978..1990)
Frank Hyams Ltd 1905..1913
(registered May 1903)
Bowl, New Zealand jade-handled fork Princes Street, Dunedin, NZ; New Bond Street, London
F H Ltd 1946 Cigarette case
Frank Herbert Pearce 1897
(registered Oct 1892)
Brief case mount Cabinet case & leather goods manufacturer, Eldon Street, Sheffield
F H R 1973 Goblet
Frederick Henry Weare 1899..1902
(registered Apr 1880)
Bookmark, letter opener




FI

Mark Maker Dates seen Seen on Comments
F I 1986 Candle holder
F I 1987..1998 Buckle, buttonhole holder
Fattorini & Sons Ltd (1911)